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Jet set. Work in interesting, maybe even exotic, places around the world. Learn about different cultures. Speak another language. Do any of these sound attractive to you? If you’ve ever wanted to live and work in another country, you are not alone. Analyzing data from Universum Communications survey over 100,000 college graduates globally, my colleagues and I found that “having an international career” is one of this generation’s top professional goals and part of the dream career for many of us.

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to attend a reception to honor the first Peace Corps volunteers. Now in their seventies, these individuals were in their twenties when they answered President Kennedy’s call for young Americans to serve their country to perpetuate peace through living and working in developing nations.